Guingamp grades C+ overall: better than 35% of compared French towns, and #40 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. Its weakest subject is safety (D−): an average of 20 recorded violent incidents and 31.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,838/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. Its strongest is walkability (A): 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Guingamp with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Guingamp.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Guingamp than in 99% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 399 offenses in Guingamp in 2025. The town ranks last of the 45 compared towns in Côtes-d'Armor on the Safety Grade. It has 5,150 jobs for 2,350 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
20recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage154
Other physical violence71
Family violence65
Vehicle theft38
Theft from vehicles32
Sexual violence28
Burglary11
Theft without violence127
Drug use86
Fraud52
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
20
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
31.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
399
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
History
Guingamp is rich in protected monuments: 23 per 10,000 residents, more than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 16 historic monuments in Guingamp: 6 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 10 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2019. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. Among the classé monuments locally is Église Notre-Dame du Bon-Secours.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Guingamp are out of work than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: 21.4%
Half of residents lived on more than €20,520 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.5% of working residents in Guingamp didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 5.3% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
On foot13%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
5,150
jobs based in Guingamp, 2.2 per working resident
21.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 92% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
90.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 0.8 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Guingamp, 96.3% passed the bac, about level with Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (96.1%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Results rank its schools #20 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Guingamp skews young, with 20% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 14%, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents. 23% of adults hold a degree.
41median age
GuingampCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
20%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
Guingamp is graded a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Guingamp sell for €1,614/m² and apartments for €2,065/m². Behind the median of €1,838/m²: 413 houses and apartments sold in the town between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.88/m² a month, about level with Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,838/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Guingamp€1,838/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,614/m²
186
Apartments
€2,065/m²
227
€10.88/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.56 to €13.84/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.55/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,480
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Guingamp sees more deaths than 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Côtes-d'Armor: 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 752 deaths in Guingamp from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,008, 34% more. Its two care homes for older people (340 places) count their residents as Guingamp’s; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Guingamp can choose among 8 GPs.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw134
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Guingamp · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Guingamp
16.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive des Cotes D Armor
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Église Notre-Dame du Bon-Secours: Photo: GO69 · CC0 · Fontaine dite la Pompe, ou fontaine la Plomée: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison du 16e siècle: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison du 16e siècle: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Théodule Ribot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Yoann Le Boulanger: R.A.G.T._Semences_2005.jpg : Euskal Bizikleta derivative work: DPC, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Jean Ollivro: XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY-SA 4.0
Guingamp’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Guingamp
Is Guingamp safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 154 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Guingamp good?
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns and #20 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. The lycée stands out: 100% of 230 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Auguste Pavie in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Guingamp expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,838/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Guingamp grades B− for cost of living.
About Guingamp
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Guingamp is a commune of 7,111 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Population
7,111 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
